Wyse Technology 883886-01 manual Communication Port Requirements, Wdm

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Communication Port Requirements

To perform their full range of management functions, WDM software components require certain ports to remain open on your servers, routers, and switches.

For example, WDM relies on the HTTP/HTTPS communications port designated by your Web service (such as Microsoft Internet Information Service) for push operations (push refers to operations initiated by WDM and sent/pushed to devices). Push operations include:

•Issuing quick device commands (such as Refresh Device Information, Reboot, Change Device or Network Information, Get Device Configuration, and so on)

•Distributing packages at a specific time (either immediately or at a specific date and time)

Typically, port 80 is designated as the HTTP port and port 443 is designated as the HTTPS port. However, if port 80 (or the designated HTTP port), or port 443 (or the designated HTTPS port) is closed, WDM will be unable to push updates or quick commands to devices.

Table 4 lists the ports WDM uses and describes the respective communication protocols and their function (ensure that these ports are open for proper communication between servers).

Table 4 Communication Ports

WDM
Component	Protocol	Port	Function
GUI	HTTP	80	Communicate with the Web Service
		280	and Standard Service.
	FTP	21	Register new packages into the
			Master Software Repository.
	OLE DB	1433 (default)	Communicate with the WDM
		Can be configured	Database.
		during installation
	VNC	5800	Remote shadows devices.
		5900
Web Service	HTTP	80	Communicate with the Web Agent,
		280	GUI, and Standard Service.
	HTTPS	443	Secure Communication with the
		8443	Web Agent, GUI, and
			Standard Service
	OLE DB	1433 (default)	Communicate with the WDM
		Can be configured	Database.
		during installation
Web Agent	HTTP	80	Communicate with the Web Service.
		280
	FTP	21	Read and write files to the Master
			and Remote Software Repositories.